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Elia Group is at the forefront of Europe’s energy transition, operating vital electricity transmission networks in Belgium and Germany. As the sector accelerates its digital transformation, our IT infrastructure is rapidly evolving to support new technologies and ways of working.

Within our IT Infrastructure department, we're looking for an experienced IT Infrastructure Project Manager to coordinate strategic transversal programs that bridge infrastructure, network, and security domains and enable Elia Group’s digital transformation.

You will act as a key representative of IT, ensuring that planning, alignment, and delivery are coherent across domains and entities. You will steer and deliver complex, multi-disciplinary programs, keeping all IT domains aligned with business needs and driving effective teamwork and transparency. Your work enables Elia Group’s successful digital transformation.

Your role will involve:

• Lead transversal programs: Oversee delivery of IT programs affecting multiple domains or entities. Turn strategic goals into actionable plans and milestones. Coordinate between technical, architecture, product, and business teams. Manage interdependencies, risks, and drive program progress.
• Plan, monitor, and report: Develop and maintain integrated program plans. Track progress, costs, and resources to ensure on-time and transparent delivery. Prepare concise reports and dashboards for management. Facilitate decision-making with risk analysis and recommendations.
• Ensure alignment and governance: Represent IT in steering committees and cross-functional meetings. Maintain compliance with architecture, security, and governance standards. Align solutions with business needs and operational requirements. Help improve program governance processes.
• Drive collaboration and engagement: Promote collaboration among IT, OT, and business teams. Encourage constructive problem-solving and shared ownership. Support transparent communication and continuous improvement. Enable effective change management and stakeholder engagement.

Project Examples:

• Virtualized and digital substations: You will help coordinate the IT contribution to Elia’s next-generation substations — where physical equipment is being replaced by virtualized and digital systems.
• Sovereign cloud implementation: You may also manage transversal activities related to the deployment of Elia’s Belgian sovereign cloud zone, a key initiative to strengthen digital sovereignty and data protection.

These are representative examples of the kind of strategic and cross-functional programs you will help deliver. Future assignments may also involve modernization of transversal IT services, integration of new technologies, or infrastructure lifecycle programs across entities

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Your Profile

• Master’s degree in information technology, Engineering, Business Administration, or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of experience in IT project or program management within complex and multi-stakeholder environments.
• Proven experience in coordinating transversal or cross-functional programs involving several IT domains (infrastructure, applications, data, security, architecture).
• Strong understanding of IT governance frameworks, including architecture, security, compliance, and change management principles.
• Demonstrated ability to plan, monitor, and report on large-scale technical programs, ensuring alignment between IT and business priorities.
• Experience working in hybrid environments combining waterfall and agile/product delivery models.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to influence at different organizational levels (technical experts, managers, executives).
• Strong facilitation skills and proven ability to create collaboration between diverse teams and entities (local and group level).
• Analytical mindset with the ability to anticipate risks, structure complex topics, and propose clear decisions or mitigation actions.
• Solid understanding of financial and resource management aspects in large IT programs (budget, capacity, sourcing).
• Experience in change management and adoption of new processes or technologies is a plus.
• Certification in project management methodologies (PMP, Prince2, PM², or SAFe Agile) is an asset.
• Excellent command of English AND French or Dutch (professional proficiency in the other language is expected). Knowledge of German is an advantage.

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Offer

Salary: a competitive salary package, allowance for representation expenses, year-end bonus, double vacation pay, meal vouchers (€8 per working day), eco-vouchers, sport & culture vouchers, bonuses based on individual and group results. 

Insurance: group insurance, hospitalisation insurance, ambulant care insurance for the whole family and also personal accident insurance. 

Vacation: You will be entitled to 20 vacation days and 5 additional vacation days, 6 local days, 4 exempt days (after 1 year of employment) and up to 5 long-service days (1 day for every 3 years in employment). 

Social fund: Year-end vouchers, birth and marriage allowance. We will also cover part of the cost of glasses, a dental prosthesis or similar needs. 

Communication: you will be given an iPhone, a phone subscription (for work and private use) and a laptop with internet reimbursement. 

Discounts: you will enjoy a 30% discount on your gas and electricity bill. 

Mobility: we will offer you a company car and public transport or a mobility budget. 

Elia shares: Elia will give you the opportunity to subscribe to shares with a discount of 16.66% on the average share price. 

Location

Ave. de Vilvoorde, 1000 Bruxelles (Schaerbeek train station) + work from home.

Regular travel within Belgium and occasional trips to Berlin.